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Lehighton Area School District exceeded its special education instructional budget by $2 million, officials said Monday night, as the district grapples with the high cost of outside placements for stu...

The Diamond Fire Company No. 1 of Walnutport elected officers for the upcoming year. Larry Merkle was elected president; Chales Fritz, vice president; Clarence Reph, financial secretary; Donneta Merkl...

Tamaqua police cited Scott Kulik, 43, of Tamaqua, for disorderly conduct/unreasonable noise following a 11:56 p.m. Jan. 5 incident. Police said neighbors on the 200 block of Orwigsburg Street reported...

Lansford Borough Council on Wednesday agreed to contribute its share toward a joint sewer project to save a multimillion-dollar federal grant secured by the Coaldale-Lansford-Summit Hill Sewer Authori...

Mikal Arnett, 22, of White Haven, is facing drug possession charges after an incident at 5:01 p.m. Dec. 24 at the intersection of state Route 534 and Mountain Laurel Drive, East Side Borough, police s...

The Tamaqua Police Department released its December activities report for Coaldale, which it covers. During the month, officers were dispatched to 135 calls, issued four traffic violations, made two c...

State police at the Bethlehem barracks reported the following incidents: • A 25-year-old man from Palmerton who is employed at KidsPeace, North Whitehall Township, is the victim of a harassment incide...

Ryan F. Brandi, 19, of Collegeville, was uninjured in a one-vehicle crash at 3:47 p.m. Jan. 11 on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, according to police. State police at the Pocono ...

Jim Thorpe Area School District and borough officials will meet Tuesday to address mounting safety concerns about traffic congestion during student pickup and dropoff at LB Morris Elementary School. E...

A Summit Hill woman who often attends meetings of the borough council and sometimes raises questions or discussions with the board, became a member of the council Tuesday evening. Joan Morana of East ...